Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: All Good Is In Three Traits توكل رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهي٠د بن عيسى، عن يونس بن عبدالرح٠ن، عن أبي أيوب الخزاز، عنأبي ح٠زة، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلا٠ع الخير كله في ثلاث خصال: النظر، والسكوت، والكلاÙ.

فكل نظر ليس فيه اعتبار فهو سهو، وكل سكوت ليس فيه فكرة فهو غفلة، وكل كلا٠ليس فيه ذكر فهو لغو.

فطوبى ل٠ن كان نظره عبرة وسكوته فكرا، وكلا٠ه ذكرا، وبكى على خطيئته، وأ٠3-47 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutevakil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim quoted Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdul-Rahman, on the authority of Abi Ayoob al-Khizaz, on the authority of Abi Hamzih, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) that the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) said,“All good is contained in three traits: looking, being quiet and talking.

If one doesn’t get admonished when he sees things, he is in error. Not thinking when you are quiet equals ignorance, and any talk in which there is no remembrance of God is in vain. Blessed are those whose consideration teaches them lessons; whose silence causes them to think; whose talking is mention of God; who weep for their sins; and save people from their evil.”